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[seaboards]

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.

A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.

Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.

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text; un: multidisciplinary

[multidisciplinary]

[ Oh this sounds like a fun game! ]

1. I'm not actually a researcher from the kingdom of Hyrule; I am its Princess.
2. Link and I used to date.
3. I tamed a golden horse all on my own.

[VIDEO/ACTION] 1/3

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Huh, someone submitted someone right before him? Oh, that's Zelda! Well, he knows her pretty damn well. Let's see if he can guess this.]

['Not actually a researcher?' Hah! Oh Zelda, you're adorable. You still think people can't tell you're a princess? Pretty sure if you started singing, Chopper would just appear somewhere and sing with you, that's how much of a princess you are.]

[...A golden horse? Okay, seriously, you're kind of proving my 'totally a princess' theory because if anyone could tame a golden horse it's—]

[VIDEO/ACTION] 2/3

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Wait what was that second one abou—]

[VIDEO/ACTION] 3/3

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Zelda can hear Darin coming from at least a mile away. It sounds like a train rushing down the pier where the Heroine is anchored. There's yelps of surprise, a few errant splashes as cargo/people/whatever either dive out of his way or are just shoved into the open water. Followed by a rapid -thunkthunkTHUNKTHUNKTHUNK- as Darin hits the literal deck running.]

[The door to her quarters flies open, one of the hinges totally shattering.]

I KNEW IT!!! I TOTALLY KNEW IT!! I KNEW IT THE ENTIRE TIME!!!

[Despite the volume in his voice, Darin is actually not mad. He sounds...triumphant?]

I KNEW YOU TWO HAD A THING!! IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS THING IN THE WORLD AND I CAN READ YOU LIKE A BOOK!! YOU LOOK AT HIM LIKE HE'S MADE OF FREAKIN' STARLIGHT AND WHO THE HELL WOULDN'T?! I THREW THAT LUNATIC AT MACH THREE ACROSS THE OPEN OCEAN AND HE SWAM BACK AND ASKED ME TO RACE! HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO DATE THAT?! I WOULD DATE THAT!! I TOTALLY, ABSOLUTELY, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CALLED IT!!

NICE TRY WITH THE GOLDEN HORSE BECAUSE IF ANYONE COULD TAME A GOLDEN STALLION IT WOULD BE YOU BUT I TOTALLY KNEW IT THE WHOLE TIME! REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT IT BACK IN YOUR APARTMENT AND I LOOKED AT YOU LIKE YOU WERE CRAZY?!

I WAS RIGHT!!

darin what the actual fuck

[multidisciplinary]

[ Zelda's not even paying attention to the shellphone anymore. After responding to the amusing new game on the network, she sets her phone down and goes back to work, promptly putting the whole thing out of mind.

So when she hears a commotion on the docks through her open window on the Seventh Heroine, she's no more prepared for the force of nature charging down the pier than anyone else. Zelda gets up from her desk and hurries to the window, trying to see what's going on--

--when all of the sudden, the door to her cabin flies open with such tremendous force that it smashes against the wall behind it a very loud, very crunchy -CRACK-

Depending on how Darin is holding his shellphone, Zelda may or may not be visible, but everyone will be able to hear her SHRIEK when Darin bursts in. ]

D- Darin! What are you--? Wait a--...!

[ She tries several times to interrupt his rant, but unsurprisingly, she can't get even a word in edgewise. She can only stare in bewilderment as Darin rattles off nonsense about starlight and mach three and things he would date and/or call, which finally culminations in a triumphant declaration that he was right!!1!

There is a full second of silence before Zelda manages to speak. ]

Darin, what in Hylia's name are you talking about?

THIS IS WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin is clutching his phone because he'd just finished recording his own submission to the game. Anyone watching will get blurry footage of the inside of Zelda's cabin on the Heroine as he wildly gesticulates in his perceived triumph.]

[So when Zelda looks perplexed, Darin has to take a second.]

'What in Hy&mdash' What do you mean 'what am I talking about??'

[Darin hurriedly turns his shellphone around to find the post, his face locked in concentration. When he finds it, he smirks victoriously and turns the device around to show Zelda, broadcasting her fully.]

Here! Your two truths and a lie! Seriously? A Golden Horse?? That's a terrible lie! But that's not what I was right about! I knew you and Link had a thing! I knew it the whole time! I mean come on! The Princess always falls for the hero!

And before you say anything, I'm not mad. Well, I mean I'm a bit cranky you hid it from me when anyone with eyes could totally tell but still! I knew I was right!

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

I sincerely hope that 2 is the lie because if it were not, then I have more reason to call both you and Darin idiots for your relationship confusion this past year.

[multidisciplinary]

Yes, you are correct. Number 2 is the lie.

[ There's a little pause before another message follows, ]

We weren't that bad, were we?

[astudyinviolet]

You both had all the evidence needed for quite a while and yet still had doubts and asked for advice on multiple occasions.

You were both that bad.

text; un: paradisaea

[empyrean_mirror]

A golden horse? It must really have been exceptional to see.

[He's not commenting on the first two because, well. he knows the first one is true and he has some Concerns about Zelda's taste in men in regards to the second one.]

[multidisciplinary]

[ Since Kaveh hasn't actually made a guess, Zelda's not going to reveal if he's right or wrong. For now, she's just gonna play along. ]

It is! According to folk legend, a golden horse is only born once every century. I am lucky to have even seen it, let alone tamed it.

[empyrean_mirror]

[He is trying not to embarrass you, Zelda.]

How extraordinary...I'm sure it made for a stalwart and loyal companion, too, no?

[scooba]

Is it three?

[multidisciplinary]

Nope, it is not!

[ And to prove that she's not making things up, she forwards the following image to Freminet:

>honeycomb1.jpg ]

This is Honeycomb, along with my dear friend, Link. Link was so excited to see the legendary golden horse that I insisted I take his picture with it.

[scooba]

...That horse looks so pretty.

Where did you find him?

[beshackled]

I don't know what a Princess is.

What is the significance of taming a golden horse? Are they of extreme temperament?

[multidisciplinary]

'Princess' is the title given to all daughters of direct royal lineage. In my homeland, royalty are the political heads of state in our government and the authority to lead is passed down matrilineally through the royal family.

It is not a matter of temperament, but rarity. A golden horse is only born once every century, according to legend.

[beshackled]

A Princess sounds much alike to how princes were described to me. I wonder how places came to decide upon such a structure for governance.

'Tis interesting, the tale of the horse. I thought at first it might be a more temperamental species of equine, such as the hippe being more aggressive than the monoceros. But it is a rare trait from within a singular species? Mayhap 'tis a trait that has been largely lost reasserting itself on occasion over the course of generations?

text; un: soundsurfer

[stillarhino]

aint it the last one?

[multidisciplinary]

[ Why does everyone keep guessing the last one? Is the idea of a golden horse really so unbelievable? ]

It is not, no.

[ And to prove that she's not making things up, she forwards the following image to him:

>honeycomb2.jpg ]

Here, this is Honeycomb.

text: un: reindered

[reindered]

um. the second one?

[Look. He's met the likes of Vivi back home. Princesses are plenty capable! And their own person besides! Not that it isn't obvious that she and Link are close. But that didn't necessarily have to mean in a romantic sense, right? Like their crew back home, they were all pretty close (.....even if Zoro and Sanji bicker and fight a lot....) and none of them were together in that sort of way.]

[multidisciplinary]

[ Finally someone (besides Sherlock) guessed it right!! ]

Yes, that is correct! The second one is a lie.

Honestly, I thought that would be the easiest of the three to rule out. I am surprised how many people have guessed it as the truth.

[reindered]

i mean. i know you're close? i'm not saying you aren't. it just. feels different in the way you're close? i don't know. i guess it isn't like i have much experience with that sort of thing, really.

text; un: crystalrepose

[crystalrepose]

1. ...surely not this one?

[Miriam is apparently the last across the finish line with regards to this information.

The second she was going to politely abstain from. The third seemed...plausible? Zelda was more than capable of finding a solution that would play to her strengths, instead of brute forcing a solution like hanging on to the horse's back until it got the bucking out of its system. Like Miriam would have.]

[multidisciplinary]

[ Ah.

Zelda... probably should have should have told Miriam about this directly. Awhile ago. She... honestly forgot she hadn't.

Whoops.... ]

No, the first one is not the lie...

I really am the Princess of Hyrule.